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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 10, p. vi.

vi IXTROD UCTOR Y NOT-PS salve quantity, but the quantity to be obtained for the same amount- of money. In other words; prices `in India are quantity prices, not money prices. When the figure of quantity goes -up, this of course means that the price has gone down, which is at first ightperplexing to an English realer. It may, however, be mentioned that quantity prices are not altogether unknown in England, especially at small shops, where pennyworths of many groceries can be bought. Eggs, likewise, are commonly sold at a varying number for the shilling. If it be desired to convert quantity prices from Indian into English denominations without having recourse to money prices (which would often be misleading), the following scale may be adopted-based upon the assumptions that a seer is exactly 2 lb., and that the value oŁ the rupee remains. constant at is. 4d. r seer per rupee = (about) 3 lb. for 2s. ; z seers per rupee = (about) 6 lb. for 2s. ; and so on. The name of the unit for square measurement in India generally is the higha, which varies greatly in different parts of the country: . But areas have always been expressed throughout the Gazetteer either in square miles or in acres. MAP CENTRAL PROVINCES . . . , l0 face p. 112